Volunteers and charities are shouldering too much of the burden

By Elizabeth Dangerfield

Volunteers and charities often pick up the shortfall between what is actually needed and what governments provide to aid people in dire need. They provide both solutions for acute problems and chronic debilitating situations.

Many organisations delivering services are religious charities. While they may do the best possible job they can in difficult situations, they deliver services from particular perspectives which are not neutral – laudable, though, their efforts may be.

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